Sonam Kapoor on her ‘young colleagues’ falling prey to ‘highly sexualised’ nature of Bollywood: ‘It’s not their fault’

Actor Sonam Kapoor Ahuja spoke concerning the ‘highly sexualised’ nature of the web, and the way it portrays ladies, particularly in India. Sonam stated in a brand new interview that she will see her ‘young colleagues’ falling prey to such calls for.

In an interview with Vogue India, Sonam additionally spoke about how ‘weird’ she finds paparazzi movies that target feminine our bodies in a fetishistic method. She stated that every time she posts a ‘sexy’ image of herself on social media, it all the time will get extra likes than an everyday photograph.

Sonam stated, “There are these paparazzi movies of actresses, the place they’re utilizing these telephone cameras and so they’re zooming in on their butt or on their tits. Or, in the event that they’re strolling up the steps, they’re displaying their denims. It’s a bit bizarre, and you may see that the views on which are approach larger. Like, if I put an attractive photograph of myself on Instagram, it’s acquired like 10 occasions extra likes than an image of me in a fairly costume. I promise you.’

She added, “In this world of clicks and likes… Especially in the West, where you have reality TV celebrities with their photoshopped, touched-up, plastic surgery-ed out view. That’s very highly sexualised imagery that’s trending right now. And I see a lot of my young colleagues who are catering to that audience, like clumped up lips… And it’s not their fault.”

Sonam, who’s anticipating her first youngster with husband Anand Ahuja, is at the moment in New Delhi. She spent the higher a part of the final 12 months in London and has been on a little bit of an appearing sabbatical. She will subsequent be seen within the thriller Blind. Her final movie in a starring position was 2019’s The Zoya Factor. She did, nonetheless, make a cameo look in her dad Anil Kapoor’s AK vs AK, on Netflix.